for the First Sunday of Advent.
On this Sunday, he said, the Gospel introduces us to one of the most… “evocative” themes of the Advent season: the visit of the Lord to humanity. Pope Francis pointed out…, in the future, when Jesus “will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead.”
Advent encourages us…. And so, the Pope said, Advent is “an invitation to vigilance, because, not knowing when He will come…, we must always be ready to depart.”
During Advent, Pope Francis concluded, “we are called